74 DeArboribus 



quidem fuccoconitant, kdminusgrato, in matariorcs oleum rcdduat 

 pr*ftantiffinium,c]uodOmphacinum vocant,fedexiguura. 



C A P, XXXVI, 



1L atrvm vulgoappcllatur, alij Lintcrnnm ,frutexin matittimis 

 tractibu^freqtientiflimuSjVclutiOlcajqu^damparua; multisramis 

 fruticantibus ; foliis Olea: durioribus,ac viridioribus,fimihter per- 

 petuis,; floreta latcribus in alis foliorum , non obiongo racemulo, 

 ▼tOlca, fcd aceruatis granulisfru&um fcrtnigrum Liguftrofimilem» 

 vnicointus officulo, tenui putamioc,tlgura oliuari ; Frequcntior in hac 

 fft fteril is quafi in co gcnere mafcula^quam Plinius Alaternum vocat in- 

 ter fteriles, qusefru&um nullum ferunt,eifoliainquitfunt,interIlicem 

 & Oliuam, Vidimus tamen quandam anguftiori foiioquam OIea,quan 

 dam latiori breuiotique ad Uicem valdc accedente. Hanc vidctur Theo 

 phraftus Phillycam appellafle, perpetuo virentem ; vnde illihonorin 

 alendopccore, cura femperfrondeabundet: obedientiffimaeft matc- 

 lies candorqueeiCelaftri modojgermtnatineuntcvere: fru#um reddit 

 poft Occafum Vcrgiharum , montibus cft propna. Diofcorides Philly- 

 reamvocat, arborinquit eft Liguftri magnitudine; foliisOIeselatiori- 

 busnigrioribufque,fru&uLcntifci,nigro, fubdulci congefto Vuarum 

 modo in locis afperis : in fohis facultas eft aftringcndi,vt in Oliuaftro * 



CAP, XXXVII. 



PH T L l i R A mas Theophrafti, vulgo in agro Plumbincnn" voCant 

 lcgno Puzzo , & Putine, quafi lignum putridum,copiofa ibi na- 

 fcitur, arbufcula eft, Lauro fimilis, foliis breuioribus, leuiter fcr- 

 ratis, fimilitcr pcrpetuis, leuibus, icntis , flofculos fert racematim circa 

 ramulos herbaceos , baccas paruas rernis intus officuhs , rotundas , ru- 

 bentes » cortice interno pallido; materie rara> lcuiffima : medulla rurfa » 

 putant quidam Phylliream Diofcotidis : fed trngis placct vrPhillyra 

 roasdicaturapudTheophraftum, fcuTiliamas,vtPlinius vocar, vtex- 

 piicatumcftinTilia: nam &multa: ftenles in his rcperiuntur, tt ift 

 Alaterno. 



CAP. XXXVIII. 



R 



Hamnys Frutexeftvirgasferensalbas, longas, &inc!inatas; 

 paucis ramis : aculeis rcclis & craffis : foliis Olear , perpetuis , ex 

 viridicandicantibus, pulpofis : flores in fummisgetminibus , 

 fpccicGclfiminii cxpuipuracandicantcs : baccas paruasOIc» 



